[Lee]

Originally Posted by Douglas Willinger

I have heard that yes, the electrical power amount would be too high.

Somehow driving it off the transmission would be challenging. Would that ultimately be much more efficient than simply off a drive belt, as already seen with the Procharger I-1?

Not driving it OFF the transmission!

Having add power to the driveline AT the transmission.

Say the electric motor can make X amount of horsepower. If it is turning a compressor, then the friction and pumping losses are eating SOME of that power. the compressed air is going to increase frictional losses in the motor. By the time the energy has made it to the output of the tranny, you will have some value that is less than X.

If the motor is put at the output shaft to begin with, then it is providing the full Xhp.

George, I understand, and it would less-impractical on a pure drag car. But to make serious power I believe it would take some serious batteries, and a BIG recharging system to recover the power between runs. And I still believe that the car would be faster with having the electric motors add power directly to the driveline, instead of powering compressors that feed into a combustion engine.